The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-17
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Prof. Seclye is featuring at Cam.
bridge this term on Europe during the
Reign of Frederick the Great.
To-day, let us rise and 60 to our
work. Tomorrow we shall rise and
60 to our reward. --Richard Fwiier.
The debt of the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions has been removed.
Its receipts for the year were $3.50, 600.
The best and noblestlives are those
which are set toward high ideals And
the highest and noblest ideal that
any man can have is Jesus Of Nazareth.
-Aipieron
Welsh Preshyterians have in
creased in twenty years from 9i,7l7 to
l2s, i59, and during that time their con-
trihutions have amounted to nearly
| SIS. 900. 600. Public Opinion.
-Fifty-two of the students in the
theological department at Oberlin are
in the classical department. sixteen in
the English department. eight In tho
Slavic department, and four are special
students.
"A farmer. bringing his son as y
pupil, was asked what he intended to
make Of the lad. well. il no gets
grace we'll make him minister"
"Ah," returned the scheolmaster. iii
he gets no grace. what thene'
Then" said tho father, "hc might
| Just become q schulemaistcr like yer
self"
The United Presbyterian Church
of Scotland reports in Jamaica 10 Or
| dained European missionaries, Ill or
| dained native missionaries, 6 native
catcehists. rs native teachers, 46 prin-
| cipal stations, SO out-stat ms, 6,796
communicates. Gs day schools with
5. 967 scholars, 5s Smday-schools with
6. 264 scholars. Puddle Opinion.
DIR. John Bascom, who recently re-
signed the presidency of the University
of Wisconsin after fourteen years OF
] service, has returned to his old home In
Williamstown. where he will devote
hinsclf to literary work. lie has al
ready resumed his former helpful in
tcrcst In the public and religious con-
Germs of the town. -Congrcgdfiona'isf.
The worlds history is divine
poem. OF which the history OF every
nation is canto. aud every man n
word. Its strains have been pealing
along down the centuries, and though
there have been mingled tho diseords
of warning cannon and dying men.
yet TO the Christian philosopher and
hstorian-thc humble listencr--therc
has been divine melody running
through the song which speaks Of hope
and halcyon days to come.
In Cuba the Home Mission Board
of the Southern Baptist Convention OF
the United States has mission which
Is meeting with considerable success
under the Charge of Rev. A. J. Diaz
A church was constituted In Havana.
January. 1886. which now numbers
over one hundred members, and two
other churches and four Sunday-schools
have been organized. During tho first
quarter Of 1887 Mr.. Diaz baptized 1853
believers. Public Opinion.
The Imperial Academy OF Science
at London has recently completed the
publication CT a translation OF the New
Testament into the language Of the
Calmucks. This is the first attempt TO
make known to the Cnlmucks the text
of the Christian gospels. The initiative
is due to the British Bible Society, by
which the work Of translation was con-
iidsd to Professor Pozncicif of the
chair of Mongol and Calmuck litera-